. Godey's lady's book . for 6 rows ; at the end of theneedle, but on the 4th row, you must narrowat the beginning of the row also, narrowing twostitches on both the 4th and 5th rows. Thisforms the slope of the neck. The other frontis done in the same way. For the back, take up 24 stitches and work 7rows, then for 6 rows you narrow one stitch ateach end of the row. Then join the partsmarked G together, the same with all the othercorresponding letters ; crochet them together to WORK DEPARTMENT. 387 form the shoulder. Work three rows in plaincrochet round the neck, armhole, down thefront, and rou


. Godey's lady's book . for 6 rows ; at the end of theneedle, but on the 4th row, you must narrowat the beginning of the row also, narrowing twostitches on both the 4th and 5th rows. Thisforms the slope of the neck. The other frontis done in the same way. For the back, take up 24 stitches and work 7rows, then for 6 rows you narrow one stitch ateach end of the row. Then join the partsmarked G together, the same with all the othercorresponding letters ; crochet them together to WORK DEPARTMENT. 387 form the shoulder. Work three rows in plaincrochet round the neck, armhole, down thefront, and round the waist. Put large buttonsdown the front, covered with crochet NEW STITCHES IN CROCHET. These new stitches are, with few exceptions,variations of the simple rib stitch, Fig. 1,with which, doubtless, most of our readers areacquainted. This style of crochet is not workedin the ordinary manner, but in rows backwardsand forwards, keeping all the stitches on the needlefrom right to left, and working them off in return-. Fig. 1.—Simple Rib or Foundation Stitch.


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